The Sun. — London, England, 1826-12-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We would point out to the country a trial in the Court of Exchequer yesterday, of which ,we were the objects, though we trust it. is not for private reasons, but on public principles, that we claim public attention. The subject of the trial Will soon explain itself to those who read. But the Judgestharge ! .It were better, perhaps, to leave that to speak foritself, - --to make its own etred'upon the public mind,--to show to the world the meekness, ,the modern , tion, the capacity which distinguish the Chief Judge one of the British Courts of Judicature. As the Jury, however, that last—we hope we may call it, that immor tal bulwark of British liberty, appear to have been, of a totally different opinion from his Lordship, our respect for ,the judgment and firmness of these virtuous men obliges tis to show that they took a juster view of the subject in eing nominal damages, than he who, under the allowed forms of his office, within the prescribed limits of his duty, recommended it vindictive verdict. We shill here copy some' of the expressions of the Learned Judge in his charge to the Jury " If ;the Jury should give a verdict for the defendants, the.. would do that which no Jury had ever done previously, and which no Jury could do, without prejudice to the interests of justice." " Now, I think it impossible to hear them read, without feel ing that they are libels, and libels of such atrocity, that their equals are not often seen." " I say that this libel is a libel, and a most atrocious Pei: no man can read it aver, without feeling that it is so." " The plaintiff, therefore, deserves from your hands, a severe vindication of his character ; and I am sure that you will give that vindication to him, if you tire not improperly influenced by the topics which have hem this day addressed to you." " You may as well open your house ut night to house-breakers, and allow them to enter, and take from you your property 4itii impunity, as not to punish the proprietorsof newspapers when they ar::'ttt:rilty of repeating such atrocious libels." appears - to that the repetition of auch larellous and *Calumnious mutter is un offence both to God and man ; and is 'an injury to the country, as well as to the person that individually suffers by it." Now is it wise, is it prudent, we ask, in a Judge to speak in so decisive a tone upon a subject on which another opinion is to be subsequently pronounced ; which subse quent opinion may, as in the present instance, be 'directly the reverse of his own ; and which subsequent opinion is to be binding and final ? What a verdict ,would the Ju r y have given if the expressions above cited had possesSed the weight with them which the opinion of an honourable and dignified Judge ought to possess ! The Jury, in the present instance, hesitated only as to the manner in which they should inflict nominal damages on an offence de scribetrto them from the'Bench us most misch;.evous and giving a fr ot hi ng ! T wo malignant. Ten Men were for pressed tor ten pounds ! But 'whilst vindictive damages are urged agithiSt us for a suppose!d where are we to find redress for the real libel.7:rnich was uttered against us? We,:were charged to. t h e Jury as having placed at the head of the btater:aent which was the subject of the prosecution, of own motion, the words " Barbarous Atrocity, ” l u this was not the fad. The words " Barba rous Atrorsite were copied from, and made a part of, the oarrat'sve which we cut out of the provincial paper, against wi'Leh paper the aggrieved parties had had their redress. Ought not a man who is so ready to impute libels to others be more guarded in speaking of them ? It was not our designation of the conduct described in the paragraph that. it was " barbarous and atrocious;" and we did not, by such terms, make the libel out own. We did •not thereby pledge our reputation to the veracity of the statement. 'With respect to the law of the case: against the plaintiff, with'whose existence even we were not pre vionsly acquainted, we had no malice—we could have none. The statement prosecuted was clipped out of a' provincial paper, in the 'vicinity of the supposed occurrence, upon which, paper rested the duty of examining the truth of its 'own story. Secure in this responsibility of country papers, sve rut thousands of paragraphs from them every year. Wawa 30 ;doing we could detail' no provincial occurrent',, whatever and we can have no troilive against parties therein described as committing wrong. But say the Judges—some of them itt !mist, and of some sort—" The law implies malice from a man's acts.' " Now, we put it to any man of common candour, and who will not suffer his understanding to be fettered by unmeaning forms of vords, whether the, British law does, or can, infer front toy acct or Any thing else, that which is not true. Who invests, or has invested the British law with the power of inferring a falsehood from a f ac t ? N o t B r i t i s h jurymen , think Their honest minds despise such sophistry. The first publisher who knows, or may know, the parties fin whose detritnent he recounts a history, may be prompted by malice. He is justly prosecuted ; the law takes its course ; and the journals that copied his statement i'cord his punishment, and replace the aggrieved parties in their pristine position in society. The dose of the trial, yester day deserves notice. The Jury hesitated, as we before said, between ft farthing and ten pounds. Our solicitor, though ten Jurymen were for the farthing, conceiving that the time of such men was not to be wasted for a trifle, pro posed to pay five pounds, mid his offer Was accepted. It is grateful to us to record another instance of firmness and good tense ie a British Jury.--Tinter. The Lord Chief Justice Abbott, in his charge to the Jury in the mire " The King v. Hunt," communicated a very valuable piece of advice to those who wish to ruin their neighbours. at the least possible risk. " It is said Observed the wary old Judge) that the pnblication was from no motives of ill-will, but merely to put the Dime tors on their guard against the person filling. the situation of Director of their Institution. If any person really wish e,d to give that information; the proper course would have been, to have made the communication to the Directors themselves; hut that course was not taken here." We have no dOubt that the Lord Chief Justice wiwthoroughly persuaded the advice he here gives watraccordant with the purest morality. It is the safest course by law, end the tow iS with many persons the standard of morality. Ii the " Tale of the Nowlaus," the first of the second series of the " Tales of the O'Hara Family," the author of which has drawn so faithful a picture of the character and Manners of the Irish, we have an instructive illustration of the moral beauty of the course recommended by the head of the Court of King's Bench. A young couple contrive to pin a subsikunce. in Dublin—the husband by teaching the (*lsaia s and the wife by teaching drawing. " At first, indeed (says the author), all seemed promising.— Letty not, only succeeded in pleasing her first pupils, but through them got many others; and further, her friends interested themselves about John, end procu red him also private tuitions, of w hi c h t h e pro d uce, ,added to Letty a earnings, enabled them to live above fear of want. This lulu of good fortune happened two months after then. arrival in Dublin, and continued four months longer. if hen, however, a change, as ter rible as it was unaccountable,' oecurred. One their friends grew cold and distant ;one by oie i e by th on e .were withdrawn from them; until at last, while reither could guess a solution of the mystery that at once 'struck them with wonder and consternation, Letty b a d not a tuition left, and John had but one. . . Instead of the single tuition leading to others, h e received a cold note from his young pupil's father, (liv en* , ing with his attendance even upon t h at one . He snatch.. ed - up his hat, and ran to the gentleman's house , at last deterrnined to demand a solving of this withering mystery, The person on whom he called was riot at heme, or WILS denied to him." In another clever riovei, "Truth," lately . published, , the scence of which is laid in Scotland, the heroine, who, , on being overtaken by misfortune, be comes aCioverrizos, is in like manner driven from one place after another by the se cr e t communications of ene mies, who did not require the advice . of the Lord Chief Justice to satisfy them of the safety Of the course which he recommends. These are fictions; but novelists only deserve the reputation they may obtain, when their fictions are 'Composed of such occurrences as occur every day in real life. in fact, nothing is so rare in the world us for a man not influenced by motives - of revenge to step for ward and char ge ano th er man, in a public loutnal, with having con:mated serious crimes, at the risk of being obliged to justify what he has said ; and nothing is more ; common than for busy-bodies, paving way to the malicsi of their disposition, whispering away the reputation of others, who often feel themselves struck to the ground„ as it were, by an invisible enemy, who eludes all their attempts to discover him. It was but the other day that a case occurred of a Gentleman of good estate in the North 'of England, who found his friends leave him, one after another, without his being able for a long time to obtain the least explanation , of the mysterious condnct.' All the world knows (the Lord Chief Justice cannot have: lived so long in the world without knowing) the, manner in which this sort of business is m triaged. Suppose Fo reign IViusician, we will not say Mr. Bochsa, for we will riot shy any thing uncpurteous of the friend of the vene rable Archbishop of York, and the favourite of the noble British fair; but suppose a Foreign Musician succeeds in obtaining pupil's in the West End of the Town, and that some wily rival wishes to supplant him by fair means, or foul—that the latter invents some ea- lumpy respecting the former, which, that it may be the less easily disproved, regarding what is alleged to have taken place in a distant country—that he lays kold of some of the many buiy-bodieS who live, as it were, by the -valuable information they are al4 to communicate, and lets him in, confidence into his secret. The busy gentleman contrives that the intelligence should not be lot, "My dear Sir," he says to one per-. son, "you know , my regard for your fanilly will not allow me, even though I should thereby expose myself to some danger, to conceal from you what I conceive of importance. I have discovered that * *is a desperate character— that he did so and so at Venice, or Naples, or Milan, or Vienna, as it may happen - -but, for God's sake do not give me up , —you know the law; and that if I were called on to justify, I should be utterly ruined in obtaining the necessary evidence. I therefore rely on your honour." This scene is repeated, and the poor devil finds himself in a gaol, without having the least suspicion of the cause of his misfortune, Here there is no responsibility, and the slanderer is bold, trusting to impunity. But when a piece of information is communicated in a public Journal, the person so communicating, without he is utterly bereft of reason, does riot venture on such a step without seeing that there is good evidence to support him. He knows that if an action is brought against him, and he cannot sub stantiate what he has advanced, he will suffer not merely in purse Nit in character. We are far from wishing to manifest any disrespect for the Bench. The Judges have their biases; and in cases between the Government and individuals, if it im ported the . Government to succeed, we should be sorry to be opposed to it. But between man and man be believe them to be spodesi. The practice of a crooked profession seems to have wrought sad havock in their moral consti tution. Now, let us look a little at the morality of the advice (we have admitted its prudence) given unsuspect ingly, and in the fullness of his heart, as it were, by Chief Justice Abbott. "It is said (quotii his Lordship), that the publication was from no motives of but merely to put the Directors on their guard against the person fill ing the situation of Director of their Institution. If any person really wished to give that information, the propel. course *Mild have been to have made the communication to the Directors themselves, but that course was not taken here.!' If it was proper to- put one of the Directors on his Ord against any person, on accouutof that .per son's being a bad man, it was proper, surely, to put every other person on his guard. If the information was false, it was improper to communicate it even to one; if true, the reason which dictated the giving it to one dictated the giving it to all. It was very justly-observed by the Times yesterday— •• " That almost the only way to keep a acoundtel quiet, and to prevent hiM from doing mischief, is to publish the truth of him, to make him known.. And if it be said that by so doing you ex pose him to danger, why, we ask, in reply, are all the precau tions of policy to bedireeted towards keeping him in safety against other people, anti none towards - keeping others in safety against hint ? If it he meritorious to save one from sufferin g , it must he still more meritorious to save a Whole community. The Lord Chief Justice's morality, hoWever, is of a very different coin pletion. DO not, for God's sake, save too many. ' You may snatch a person now and then from the destroyer; but.do not impair his power of doing mischief : let him still have full swing. If a wolf breaks into a sheepfold, you may take a single sheep away and put it in a place ofeafety ; hut you must not drive out the wolf; Let him devour its many victims as he pleases." Now we say in contradiction to the Lord Chief. Justice, and.N4 would confidently refer hini to the Archbishop of York, that the man who, from any other consideration than regard for personal safety (for under the . detestable libel law of this country, personal safety, and the safety of a family, justify a man's . remaining passive), confines - a communication which is important to the well-being of all to one individual, clues, by such limitation, fail essentially in his moral duty. We say, unhesitatingly, that that man is morally dead who sees a person in situations in which youth may suffer seriously from him, and . allows all but some-favoured few to remain ignorant of their danger. We city that When that men appears before a very different tribunal from that of the Lord Chief Justice, it will stand hith in little stead, that having the means to warn his fel low creatures of 'their danger, neglecting the principles of Christian benevolence, " to do to.others as ye would that others do unto you," he allowed them to fall into the snare to perish fur lack of admonition. - -Morning Chronicle. The Times is still warlike and insists upon the impos sibility of the affairs of Portugal being adjusted without hostilities between this country, France, and Spain.. We predict that our contemporary will soon see cause to change his opinion, and we all know the change, when the mo ment comes for making it, will be accomplished with very little difficulty. That the state of Portugal has been, and is, such as to inspire well-grounded alarm, we were the first to declare, now some weeks since, and we have con diled to hold the same sentiments. There is a violent struggle between two parties; and we are not bold enough,. with •our preient information upon the subject, to hazard even a conjecture as to its issue. But the actual interfer ence of Spain (we will say nothing about predilections) is an absurd supposition. The TintesAreferring to the recall of the Freud) Ambassador, and the assurances given 'by Ferdinand, under his own hand, of his determination to remain neutral, reasons thus : " These several acts of the Kings Ferdinand and Charles are represented to the world as satisfactory securities for their bona fide intentions of peace and forbearance towards Portugal. Now we beg permission to avow that such 4 securities' are, in our judg ment, no more :than waste paper, and absolutelumbug. When the French Cabinet,:in 1823, declared that its asser9blage Of troops upon the Pyreneex,was actually but a cordon, sanitaire, and when Louis XVIII. indignantly reprimanded, as saucy libellers of his Royal honodr and policy all those who accused him of a design to invade the. Spanish Nation, the Same King openly converting, a very few months afterwards, the same cordon sanitaire into an avmy of observation,. and then into an invading army—when we recollect such recant illustrations of the utter dishonesty and per- tidy of the language on which such confident and fatal reliance was placed, as well by Spain as by Great Brititin, it is not too much for us to confers, that words from the Court of his Moat Christian Maje s ty would o iu any future case for less than no thing." One simple and decisive fact, which distinguishes the ease of the invasion of Spain by France, and the assumed intention to invade Portugal by Spain, is lost sight Of.— The former enterprise was not undertaken with the tier- Wray' of iti'being followed by a War with" England; the i t i tet n obligation of ttt :ri o tie puttied would. eutrtuo are hound fdrobiny all fsoorlecign tt aggression.-- We ask, then, will Spain dare to invade POrtugal ? Is She in a conditimi to wage war '+vith EnglaUd ? Supposing even her fanatic imbecility should impel her to so insane an enterprise, would Intrice—would the Allied Powers— permit a step to,he taken, which might end in involving the whole; of Lur°Pe in hostilities?—Nem Times. LENDING MoNEY.---A wen-known bankrupt and gambling Peer asked Raikes the, other day to lend him WI. " Willingly," replied Mr. R., who iii one of the best-natin-ed men in the world. "Give me pen and paper, then," replied hie Lord 11,iPt ." and let me give you my note qf . " Na , I thank you," rejoined Raikes, "loony the m oney is enough, without losing the paper too." MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, WEDNESDAY, DEc. 6. A constable, named Palmer, Waft indicted for assaulting Sy& ney Braithwaite. FLOM Mr. A.Lr.vo, statement of the facts, which were; afterwards proved in evidence, it appeared that the prosecutor, who 'is the. son of an eminent engineer, was passing along the New-road, on the night of the :30th of October, in company with his brother, and - upon reaching .the corner of - Tottenham-' court-road, they were attacked by a number of prostitutes, and . - fellows who were associating with them. Having succeeded', in beating off two or three teen, the prosecutor at length grappled - with a powerful fellow, whom he dragged to the ground, and When in that situation the defendant came up, but instead of assisting the prosecutor, he commenced belabouring him violently with his staff. It was in vain that the pro secutor told him he was striking the wrong person ; it was in vain he told him that at all _events be should not strike him, since he surrendered himself into 'big - custody ; the defendant still persevered, until Mr. Braithwaite, a man of considerable muscular strength, wrested his staff from his hand; but upon his afterwards• restoring it to him, and telling him to use it like a constable if he was one, the defendant again struck him with it, and continued to do so while he dragged him along to the watch house. When they got in there, the door was closed against the prosecutor's brother, and upon the prosecutor iusisting that his brother, as his witness, bad as good a right to be present as the constable, the latter almost strangled him, although there were upwards of 25 watchmen present. Mr. ALLEY, who held Mr, Phillips's brief for the defen dant, took occasion to - observe, that frequently, after cases were disposed of in Court, exparte statements were gOt up and transmitted to the Secretary of State, in which it was sometimes complained that Counsel had not done justice to their clients. The learned counsel, after animadverting on what he termed these audacious calumnies upon the bar, called witnesses, who endea• vented to shew that the defendant had merely done what he con ceived to be his duty ,in ,carrying the prosecutor to the watch house, his attention having been first called to the affray by a cry of ‘'lllurder," Mr. Avot.ritus having replied, The Learned CHAIRMAN Rummell up the ease to the Jury, and censured in strong terms the conduct of the defendant and the watchnaen.—The Jury returned a verdict of Guiliy. FIGHT BETWEEN BISHOP , SIIARPF, AND GAYNOR FOR FIFTY POUNDS ASIDE. This fight took place on'Tuesday, at Shearmere, on the borders of Bedfordshire, the same ground on which Samp son fought Jem Burns. It will be recollected that both the combatants have been in action within the last few months, and both with the same man,Alie Reed, the Chelsea Snob. Gaynor had first ,the credit of beating the Snob, and was succee ded by Bishop Sharpe, who was equally successful ; but the latter performed his task much more quickly, and with much less punishment. It was thought, however, that Gaynor would be a more equal match for the Bishop and he soon found friends, who backed him with great spirit. For some weeks previous to the fight, the odds were about 5 to 4 on Gaynor, but on Monday evening the betting was even, and on reaching the scene of action, Sharpe was the favourite. It was' known, in fact, that Sharpe was in excellent condition, while Gaynor's up pearatce, was not so favourable'. . The men entered the ring shortly after two o'clock. — Sharpe accompanied by the veteran Torn Owen and Josh. Hudson, and Gitynor by Harry Holt and Tom Oliver. They were soon stripped and brought to the scratch, when the superiority oreondition on the part of Sharpe was ob vious to all. Six to four was now offered on the Bishop, and taken; and even betting might have been had to any amount. THE FIGHT. N.B. We omit those rounds in which nothing particular oc curred. The fight was throUghout in favour of Sharpe. Round 1. Sparring for a few seconds. Sharpe, anxious to get to work, let fly, with his left at Gaynor's body, but missed; be immediately swung round, when Gaynor rushed to a dose, and bored him down on his buck. 2. Sharpe bit short with Ilk right. Gaynor missed his coun ter hits, and Shaipt clo-aed. A t.truighs for the fall ; Gaynor thrown. 3. Gaynor put in a slight nohber with his left. Sharpe, all alive, let flv his favourite left-handed body hit, and caught Gaynor on the mark ; he then closed, and Gaynor got the fall. 6. Sharpe commenced fighting, and put in a left-handed facer. Gaynor countered with his right ; wben Bishop made a despe rate lunge at his body—caught him another severe slap on the neck, and floored him. 9. The effect of the two body blows which Gaynor had received O was now clear, and his countenance chewed that they had told with some effect. Still he was che'erful, and came up fresh.— Sharpe Again hit at the body with his left, but missed; Gaynor returned with his left, and caught him under the right eye, making a slight incision in the skin, and producing " first blood." In the close both went down, Gaynor under (3 to lon Sharpe). 11. Both men slipped, from the moist state of the ground. Bishop rushed to a close, and threw Gaynor cleverly. 12. Bishop, a little piping, but still merry, lost no time in sparring, but, closing at once, threw Gaynor a tremendous fall. 14. Bishop evidently upon the look-out for Gaynor's bread banket, and after some sparring, he put in another terrific sto macher,' which nearly doubled up Gaynor, who went down. IS. Gaynor came up pale, but game; Bishop closed at once, and threw him easy. • • IS. Gaynor busy, put in two toppers on the Bishop's nob. The Bishop caught him in return on the throat, and Gaynor fell. This was considered a knock-down blow. 2L 'Sharpe rushed in for the fall, and threw Gaynor heavily on his head, in sueh a position, that for a moment it was thought his neck was broken. 24. Shinpe, fresh and strong, went to work, and hit Gaynor three blows in succession on the head, the ear, arid the body. The ear Was cut, and bled profusely. Gaynor bored in groggy, and both fell, the Bishop under. 26: Sharpe, over ar d en t, missed several well-intended blows, and was rushing in for the dose, when Gaynor' ducked, and he fell over him. 28. On Gaynor coming up rather weak, he seemed inclined to cut it, but Rot rallied him; exclaiMing " This is the game Gaynor, he cannot give in," and Gsiynor at once went to work ; little however was done ; and in the Wrestle for the fall Gaynor was thrown. 30. Sharpe fresh and ready, while Holt complained that Gay nor,'who looked fagged, did not go in and fight. More wrestling. Gaynor thrown. 32. A spirited rally and some good interchanges. Gaynor put in several blows on the Bishop's head, but received heavily on the body . in return. Gaynor's blows did not seem to make kiny im pression, and Sharpe shelved hut little or no punishment. 39. A good busy round; in which Gaynor tried his best, and threw the Bishop heaVily. He Was loudly cheered, but_ it was clear he had not a chance. From this to the 524 round the men fought with alternate suc cess, and Gaynor shoived great game, but still it was clear that Sharpe was the freshest, while Gaynor was gradually getting weaker. There was more wrestling than bitting, and of this Sharpe had generally the advantage. In the 52d round, Sharpe; by advice of Tom Owen, changed hi s system, and commenced fighting at Gaynor's upper works with his left ; he succeeded in putting in a chattering hit on the mouth, which seemed to shake his whole set of ivories ; he then closed and-threw him a heavy fall. In the 72d round, a quarrel took place between Harry Holt and Tom Owen, in consequenc e of s ome over-zeal on the part of Har ry fur his principal. Harry struck Owen and knocked offhis hat; Owen returned the cemplunent, his hair standing on an end like the r Harryiquillsng h " the fretf u l porcupine. " Josh then steppe d i n , fl oor- Ind all retur ne d to t h eir men, w h o continued fighting Six more founds were fought, i n which Gaynor did all that mart c ould do, but with out a chance. Sh arp e was st ill f resh during ti ( s row. and active ; and, in the 78th round, he met Gaynor as he came up with a finishing flush hit on the mug, and dropped him. This was the last blow struck; Gaynor was deaf to time,. and Sharpe was declared the victOr, amidst the cheers of his friends. H e im immediately walked to the stakes, and secured his own colours and those of his antagonist, after which hi dressed himself with great deliberation, and i i eeme d none t h e Worse for his hibourai--ita fact, his punishment was scarcely worth mentioning, although his le f t h a nd, from its constant duty, was much puffed. Gaynor was received a g o o d deal diminishment ahoid th e was greatly discoloured fro the repeated bloWs he encountered, in defiance of every effort to guard himself. mluoitateth exhausted, whie ie and ho body from REMARKS. Si by this battl e , h as added another leaf to hi s wreat h, and h as e l e a u rPe eis ' iced the sceptical that he is one of the beet of his weight o f th e preselit ditY• R e id, if anxiows for another match with the hold einUggiltri can no doubt be, accommodated. WESTMINSTER PLAY. Yesterday the Westminster Scholars gave their annual treat of a Latin Play to a numerous and applauding audience. The drama selected was the Euntichus of Terence, and the youths who put on the sock on the occasion were— Mr. Kynaston as Phmdria Mr. Phillimore Parmino Mr. Chamberlain Thais Mr. Baldwin as Mentes Mr. Cother Dorias Mr. Simpson Dorus Mr. Anatice Gnatho Mr. Heathcote Sanga. Mr. Jeffreys Chserea Mr. Gwilt Thraso Mr. Strangwaya......Sopfirona and Mr. Sutherland Pythias Mr. Brown Saches All the young performers entered zealously and cordially into the" spirit of their parts, end exhibited in their acting the best com mentary on the meaning of their author. As this Play is dis tinguished for vivacity of plot, variety, of character, and much comic force of dialogue, the attention of the audience could scarcely have flagged though it had been less ably sustained by the actors ; hut, on the other hand, the cleverness and spirit with which they gave some passages infused into them a degree of interest which therwoold not have possessed in the.closet to common readers. Jeffreys, as Mersa, had a great deal to do, and went through his part with uncommon vivacity: Gnatho and Thraso, enacted by Anatice and Gwilt, exhibited respectable specimens of broad and fanciful humour. In the representation, the objection. which a French writer makes to the long introductory soliloquy of the parasite, when engaged in a business that required despatch, and accompanied by the young beauty who demanded all his attention, becomes more obviously just than in the reading of the peace. It would be invidious to select any one of the young performers for special praise where all did so well ; but we must add to the list of thoie who deserved and obtained the greatest—Sutherland as Pythias, Chamberlain as Thais, and Baldwin as (Armes. CORONERS' INQUESTS. An inquisition was on Tuesday afternoon holden before J. UN iviN, Esq., the Coroner of the district, at the Seven Stars public house, Bromley, Middlesex, on the remains of Harriet Stokes, a tine young woman, the circumstances attendant on whose death are not alone abounding with mystery, but pregnant with melan choly interest. The father of the suicidal victim, a Mr. Hag pans, of-Norfolk-street, Strand, was present during the proceed ings, and accompanied the Jury to view the remains of his child. They appeared to be those of a young female not above seventeen veers of age, full formed, and most symmetrically proportioned, and who, when living, might have boasted of many personal at tractions. Death, however, had been basy with her, and though there still remained some of those lineaments in which living loveliness might be traced, yet the lower part of her countenance, from the rapid effect of the active poison, corrosive sublimate, which she had taken, was considerably tumified, and the hair over the temple and forehead had fallen off. The parent's feel ings may he much better conceived than described. She was the wife of a medical gentleman who assisted a Mr. Stanton, of the Strand. Mr. John Wallace examined .-- I am a surgeon residing in Ilow. I cannot tell when I was first called on to attend the deceased. I think it may have been a fortnight since. I found her violently sick, with a great pain in her bowels and stomach. She admitted to me that she had taken poison, and that it was corrosive subliinate. I did not continue to attend her until her death. I visited her for eight or ten days ; she died on Sa otifirdtahye corrosive evening, a n n u d bl a it s na l te. lllo Ictonivoicaed,pofrisoomn o th r e t v h i e ole s n tr t o eff ng e e c i t t description. Juror.—Have you opened the,body as desired by the coroner? Witness.—l have not (cries of "It is most extraordinary") ;.. the reason of my not doing so was, that the appearance of the face, and the falling off of the hair, Were sufficiently indicative of the cause of death ; besides, I thought the task unpleasant, 14 days having elapsed since she took the poison, and I have before suffered in my health from similar operations. Juror.—What may have been the cause of your discontinuing your visits ? Witness.—Because her husband was with her. Mrs. Sarah APDonald examined.—l am landlady of this house. The deceased lodged with me for a week before she took the poi son ; she came on a Wednesday, and it took place on the Thurs day week following ; on that night she came to my room twice, and said she was very unwell ; I pressed her to go up stairs ; her husband also came down ; after she took the poison, Mr. Wallace attended her ; Mr. Stokes, her husband, went fur him ; I cannot tell the cause of her taking it. Mr. John Huggans was next examined—l am father to Har riet Stokes, and live at No. 18, Norfolk -street, Strand. I saw her for the last time about three weeks since. In a few days after she had taken the poison I heard of it. The witness here went into a long account of the connexion between Mr. Stokes and his daughter, of which the following is the outline i—hs th e Septembei of 1825, just a year after the death of her mother, his daughter finding herself unwell, lie desired her to apply for advice to their usuol medical attendant. This however, she did not do, but went to the shop of Mr. Stanton, in the Strand, where she met with Stokes, his shopman, who bled her, end administered proper remedies. Stokes subsequently paid her tit-. tentione, and called at his residence, saying he intended to make her his wife, and marry her without delay. On that occasion, he explicitly told him that he could afford to give her no fortune; but that did not daunt him ; he still declared it his intention to marry her; fortune was no object to him, and a correspondence was kept up between them until May. In that month he took her, without his knowledge, to Epsoin races, and kept her out the entire night. On her return in the morning, he, naturally indignant at the transaction, reproached her on the subject; but understanding that marriage would shortly take place, he was pacified. Time after time was appointed for the ceremony, but repeated disappointments were the result ;' the consequence of which was, that on a Wednesday night previous to the marriage, the betrothed husband left her in atstate of derangement, and she was about to commit suicide, when he fortunately snatched the knife froM her band. After this he went to look for Stokes, who Came out from Mr. Stanton's, and abused him (witness) in the grossest manner. The following morning, however, Stokes call ed, and ho asked him what he wanted; when, without any he sitation, he said it was money to pay for a licence. This he gave him, and they were married. Subsequent to this they resided in his house, and during the time lie ltorrowed 20/. which he made up to answer a hill. Mr. Huggans was still proceeding, when the Coroner interrupted him, and said that in his opinion it threw no light on the unhappy occurrence they were then investigating. Corouer—Cun you, Sir, say, that your son-in-law has been a all accessory, to this calamity ? Witness-11e was by his &treatment, and lie brought a parcel of ►medicines into the house, and described the poisonous nature of some of them to my daughter. Juror—Had you at any time, from 'the violence of your son in-law, occtision to go to a police-office? Witness--I did not go there, but whether I had reason or not, you can judge from those letters. I have now in this room the protection of a police - officer. Coroner—Did you, or did you not, turn your daughter out of doors,,as is. raid by the landlady? Witness—l did, so far as tell ing her I_ wished she would leave the house. I have bean robbed by her, and the property has been found in her trunk. _ _ Juror—Was it, in your opinion, by, the wish of her husband , hat she took this property ? Witness--I most firmly believe so; his conduct to her was most harsh. A Juror here remarked, that, taking the context of Mrs. evidence, it would appear that the husband WAS Pm sent when the deceased took the poison. . . She was . in consequence recalled, and in answer to several questions from the. Jury, she kaid that he Was present, but when she drank it did not see her,.as she was at the time at the toilet tahle, with her head turned from him, dressing her hair. Mr. IVl'Donnell, the landlord, stated, that the deceesed tolll him she had been ill-treated by her husband and father, and was de termined to make away with herself. In exoneration of the charge again st the father, a p e r s on who described himself as a barge-master , g ut u p and said, that h e him self had been witness to the unkind treatment of the hu sband. On one occasion he had seenher on her knees imploring of him to abate his violence, and he t hen declared he would abandon her , and leave the country. She was a girl of 'th e most affec tionate feeling', and he thou g ht it was the ill tr eatment of the an d not of the father, that had drive in n her to thewh which he husband, ( . l eZi y ict ab o l lt s h u e ni fa m t ed her up and husband, and said the evidence to explain the extraordinary Pervaded of f the melancholy even*, trous alternative. ;they, the mystery A . oy, Jury could only return a verdict of suicide, committe&while labouring under insanity. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned verdict to that effect. commented that fr he ts t Coroner. e v h absence ' t ; hl:3.r Last evening a Coroner's Inquisition was held at Bartholomew's Hospital, upon the body of William Miles, a remarkable fins aged 18 months, who was burnt to death. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," at the same time strongly oensur- Mg the cordovan of the mother. M. BOCHSA. The following is an extract from the French Moni cur of Thursday, February 19, 1818 : COURT or ASSIZE AT PARIS.—SirriNG or Fri. 17. CASE OF TRY COXIPOSEFI. BOCHSA. The Court condemned, in contumacy, Nicholas Bochsa, com poser. of music and harp-player, whose- disappearance about a year ago, it will be recollected, made so scandalous a noise. He was accused 1. Of having, on the 26th of last September, committed the crime of private forgery, he counterfeiting , or causing to be counterfeited, a bond for four thousand franc s, and by signing it with the forged signatures, Berton, Mehul, Nicol°, and Bo ty. O elu. dief having, on the 13th of October, 1816, oommittedialwi vate forgery, by counterfeiting a resolution and receipt of the com mittee of the shareholders of the theatre Feydeau, and by signing them with the forged signature Rezicourt. 3. Of having, on the 20th Of January, 1817, committed a tug , vote forgery, by counterfeiting a resolution of the shareholders of the theatre Feydeau, with the same forged signature. 4. Of having, on the Ist of March, 1817, committed a corn' mercial forgery, by fabricating a bill of exchange for 16,500 frames and signing it with the forged signatures, Despermont,Pen e g aext Latte and Company, and Berton. 5. Of having, on the 9tli of March, 1817, committed a private forgery, by counterfeiting an invoice of musical instruments, and a bond .for 14,000 francs, and signing them wi th the forged sig nature of Pomo di Borgo. - 6. Of having, on the 11th of March, 1817, comm t the ited crime of private forgery, by fabricating three b onds for different sums, and signing them with the forged signa tures, Count Cha brol, and Finquerlin. 7.. Of having, on the 11th of 3farch, 1817, committed 11 Pn," rate forgery, by fabricating two bonds, sae for 10,000 francs, tne an d other 5,000 francs, upon the funds of the English legatees* by signing them with the forged signatures, Stua rt, Amami, " Wells. 8. Of having knowingly made use of all these forged (locomen"' Besides these forgeries, Bochsa appears to have fabricate] many others, particularly bonds bearing the forged algnatures of M. le Comte De gazes, and of Lord Wellington. r ivate sad commercial forgeries, and condemned him to tw elve years of forte labour, to be branded with the letters T. F ., to be fined 4,004) francs, &c. The Court pronounced him guilty of all these p - _ POLICE INTELLIGENCE• ainvelielioafmH me c han i cs,iltiers Within e y n , ain t t v i ed w ere la l p .BOW-STREET.—Yeeterdav, e te. ine eeadd e t e t ed So to lici a to g r en to tie t m be aoio been concerned iu stealing a 100/. hank note, transmitted with other notes to a considerable amount, in a letter, thrtulgb th e d ti e n a n t et in l a ) tion. General Post-o ffi ce. It appeared, from the testimony of witnesses called by Mr. Peacock,Letter riltu tfieit,aovto t dt h haß r el e , „ie e ,baao m drn, eeon.nolfse Richardust vhpenigel il:teectescie, taf.orir.itp veis e . r o - iii. , enclosing two notes of 100/. each, a 50/., and some smaller notes, passed through the o ffi ce, but did not reach its 6 ,, 14 , 1 was traced to the possession of Mr. Wheatley, a respect°, Post-offic e, ondon that the name ao 17:knao:rgnen! woollen-draper in St. Martin's-lane, who, on being applied to) 2 ` once accounted for it by stating that he had received it is the course of business from Mr. Willey, a tailor, in Holl 11-str"" ~. who brought two menwith him, and ywe purchased cloth to " amount of 14/, selected by those who accompanied him. Mr. Wheatley identified Read and Beaver, as the menwhotlolB with Mr. Willay. ' . Mr. Willay had known the prisoner Read, and done besic et % for him for about 12 mouths. About three weeks ago Bead an d l` Beaver came to his shop, and said tbat they wanted challge.l °I a 100/. note. He asked thou where they got it, and they , they found it with a 51. note in a leathern bag in Goodge4tree" Tottenham court-road. 'nit Read, it appeared, was taken into custody on Friday elem. when he; without any hesitation, stated, that be end HildersleY had found a 100/. and a 5/, note in a leathern bag io. o ° ° l:i street, about nine o'clock one evening, and that they , tetn 0 to get the large note changed, but did not know how 41 g about it. lied The prisoners all told the same story, and Mr. }fanner app for them to be admitted to bail. • to Read, costa Mr. PICACOCK said, he should o ff er no oltie cil t on • i r ,i )ectt 0 perhaps might became a necessary " Ile " i lin- wili n el ' ens.— the others, he must press for their detention for th e 1 was admitted Beaver and Hildersley were remande d, and Read to bail. - IL Lotto GlO - SQUARE.-- Fin sr Col:victim. tie DE Simon Mills, vetnox's ACT.—Yesterday, Francie Edwards) I t of St. George Wanod, and James Canfor, respectable inhabit:en:holey George's Parish; appeared to a summons, to show ca de , L o rd refused to pay certain sums of money, on a rate, Mint WI t•of Groeieno , Act, for paving . lighting, ke - the outward par I . r s ' Parish of St. George's, Hanover -square• a elaito e4 The defendants were all . convicted in the a mour) 1 o f the with costs, which they paid, complaining most bitterloot. of way in which the Bill had been smuggled through the 8 Commons. f Bell awe THAMES POLICE.—A you n g man of the name 0 d(1110 to this Office, and stated, that he was theperson whose„s4o,,a. was mentioned to be at No.. 16, Gee-court, Duke-streitit,oii, street, and who was applied to in consequence of an sa r .°.`"_:_; found in the hat-b o x, containing the bloody shirts and other oet::!ti as mentioned in our Report of Monday, which havingv. e _ 10 %, he at that not being aware of the nature of the enquir% !ft then ed did he know a person of the name of Robertson, h „.e did . nu indiv i, recollect the name; but observing, by the Report) t h a t t h e „wt dual alluded to had come frotn Lynn, he then recolle _te_0ct,.,7,;,,,, two years ago, to have seen a young man of the name of • 1 . 1 ,! " l i . of DI" laertson, a carpenter by trade, fi tting out the ohop t ~14. , Plowright, wholesale and retail ironmonger, Norfolk-e.ettersLAbet and whose card was found in the hat-box. Ha od _,T: pe eer about 18 months ago, Robertson had come to London, brj7scritoi saw him here, nor did be know where he lodged. 1:0°0100 him to be a very small man, of slender make ; but be re.,.!n how. en enquiry to be made at the Pewter Platter, p l _ ic te i n t he Charles-street, Hatton-garden, where the Lynn Peopl e n y lee , w ith habit of resorting, as vie doubt they would be able t a bin , w here some of his countrymen . , who might he able to inlt t o, so inoi nt Robertson lodged ; consequently, Mr. Evans can i, , .. l e, an d the inquiry to be made at the Pewter Platter public - 7 ° i , describe d landlord of it perfectly well recollects such a P er V g i ago, but eat by Bell at the house one evening about three wee wii from the de' since. He did not know his name, but be r.. ytil"Pl;)t ou ;he seem ed "Pt . "' given by Bell, it must have beets - ° be ll %aid his blll ll . O to be a mechanic, and wore a white atr° ll ; ? c one in the daY was frequented by Lynn people ; they_ do .w as well w en time, but he had very little doubt but Robertson t nett ben to them, and be was con fi dent, that, with th ei r s l i T t i• I le p ool should he able to find out his lodgings; be desc A ., an d Wing he supposes to be Robertson, as being very ele aw '' r , • very small limbs. ~, perceived ' It will by recollected, that when the blood tv- k e b Ol. Alillallaws-utairs, there were the marks of feet) w hi c h ' the Were Ott , urination, appeared to be very small, so much so, conceived to be a female's. —.roma THE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANOE---Der• f l * t h e ton g ' The Corn Market to-day was fairly attended, •fortn e , actions were rather Good Wheat m ainh`— ' erg 041°. prices, but rather inferior qualities were Id. to 10. e dr lower. Oats remain without material alteration, al tb ! o pted . cline of d.i per 451 b, has, in some instances, been 6 r we er, Beans and Malt may be quoted Is. to 2s. per llu irti d,, Little change iu ,other articles. --Flour in bond i 5 sweet United states is held at %6e. per barrel. , 6 9a 9 0 O Oa 0 n. 7 6 a $ 0 O 0 a 0 0 3 0 a S 5 4a 5 0 0 0a 0 0 t 6 a 4 10 4 d a 4 01, • 0a .0 0 5 a d 0 M 0a 54 0 47 0 a 50 0 O Oa 0 0 0 a 0 0 as 0 a 3$ 0 7 0a 5 0 0 46 0 a 48 0 - 0a -- ° 0a ° 50 a 0 OP4 . 0 a - 0 -- • v Week enitilistt Peas e. ho ur. j Fr i$ 3,059 OWL X • 0* 0 0 0 64 0 ° g 4s 0 00a00 o. oa g O 0s 0 0 0 Os 4 0 4 64 47 0 45 94 0 9 • O a 0 0 O O a 0 0 ,0 04* 26 0 29 ° a 0 O Os 0 0 0 na 0 6 O Os 0 0 O 0 9 41 -04 /0 0 gg Oa - Os" o 01 Os ° 0 al 044° Wheat, English, per --a , — Scotch Irish Ditto (white --- Foreign (tree) are an (fre (in ee) bend) ----Cana Eng , lish and Scotch Barley, Matting, per Imp. Beans, English, per Imp. qr. Irirbb Flour, Amer., sweet, (bond), per brl, 0 m0mm.....m0r.m....... ditto, ----- English, fine, per ---- Irish, ditto Oatmeal, English, per Irish Indian Corn, per Imp. q uarter............« Malt, per Imp. quarter Pease, English white, per Imp. Rye IMPORT Or GULP( for the Whet. Oats. I Ba Qcs. 5," rley. Ye. I 13 ,, ezn '' ars. QT.. Om piaoAttnitafe Ipadc 4"rio# Printed end Published by AL Y OUNG, 0 *•Ses-Or ricS' lie, 112, STAArm.